Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1887-04-01

called 10 NIL Cabinet once by President Madi-
| son. Governor Mcigs was an efficient and salts
factory Postmaster.Gcncral and ho hold the
ofIlce for nine years, resgnng ut tho end OF that
long period OF service on account OF ill.hoalth.
He died at his homo in Marietta, March 90,
1925.
Return Jonathan Meigs was the only Governor
OF Ohio in oflcc while GAINESVILLE was capital OF
the State, and he was one OF tho most talented
mon that ever held tho offco.
| Tho following letter. written by Governor
Meigs in November, 1919, was recently found at
| Marietta; FIt' |rG fH
| Exchange se5e.
"SIR-At ten days sight of this my second
| OF Exchange, first OF same date and tenor un-
paid, Pay TO Jayson Il. Curtis or order two
hundred and nfty.two dollars, 1t being for SCR
vices as Aid D'Camp to me lin organizing tho
first Army OF Ohio, in tho service of the United
States) from tho 10th OF April, 1919, to the Goth
Of July following. r. j. MrrGs
"Governor OF Ohio.
'JIoN. w EusTrs, Secretary of War"
Janson II. Curtis was the father OF the Hon.
| w. L. Curtis, OF Marietta.
| Tho building in which the ninth and tenth
sessions OF the General Assembly of Ohio were
held was demolished In 1874. Upon the site OF
the old State House and courthouse hand
some stone building was erected by .Huskngum
County. Over the portico is set the stone rep
resentaton OF the seal OF the State taken from
tho old courthouse.
When John McIntrc died in 1915 be lett an
estate which now amounts TO about two hun
dred thousand dollars, for benevolent purposes,
and which produces an income of eleven or
twelve thousand dollars He left his property
10 his wife and to Amelia McIntirc, his dnugh.
ter, who died in 1870 unmarried. by the pro-
visions OF tho will her share of the property be.
came the endowment fund for a school for poor
children. a great deal OF good has flowed from
this bequest, and the John McInttro Childrens
Home is an institution in which GAINESVILLE feels
just pride. Not only does McIntire's bequest
furnish home and education TO large number
OF children, but 1t provides books and clothing
for many who attend the public schools, and Sc
cures the privilege OF library to several hun
dred young people.
McIntire was the patron and benefactor OF
the town, but his monument is by no means
commensurate with his deeds and his public
spirit III fact, he has no monument. He Is
buried in the old cemetery at the head Of Main
street, and his grave is marked by a fiat stone
which bears this inscription:
sacred TO the memory Of John McIntre,
who departed this life July 90, 1915, aged SO
years. He was born at Alexandria, Va; laid
out the town Of GAINESVILLE in 1S00-of which he
was the Patron and Father. He was mem.
ber of the Convention which formed the
Constitution of Ohio. A kind husband, an oblig-
ing neighbor, punctual to his engagements, of
liberal mind and benevolent disposition, his
death was sincerely lamcnted.
"As DER this stone you throw careless eye,
(When drawn perchance TO this sad, solemn
place.,
Reader, remomber-'tis your lot to die,
You, too, the gloomy realms of death must
trace.
When yonder winding stream shall cease to fiow
Old Oceans waves no longer lash the shore,
When warning tempests shall forget TO blow,
Aud these surrounding hills exist no more,
This sleeping dust, reanimate, shall rise,
Bursting TO life, At the last trumpet's sound,
Shall bear q part in Natnres grand Assizc,
When SUM- and stars, and time no more are
found"
McIntires epitaph is said to have been written
by Ebenezer Granger, an uncle Of Judge NJ. NJ.
Granger
The stone house which McIntire built and in
which he died, stands In an environment of rail-
road tracks at the corner Of Fountain and Sec
ond streets.
The log cabin in which John McIntire first
lived remained standing till 1851 when it was
taken down by William Culbertson.-FrdRk d.
Loonlis, in Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.